Job's comforter



Job's comforter

Someone who makes a person feel worse about a situation when trying to offer sympathy. A reference to the Biblical story of Job, who showed great faith amid difficult circumstances. Larry is a real Job's comforter. I know he was just trying to offer comforting words, but he made Maggie feel worse about her financial situation.
See also: comforter

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
MarikaMAH-ree-kah (Finnish)Czech, Slovak, Polish, Hungarian, Greek, Finnish, Estonian
DÉSirÉEde-zee-REFrench
Feruza-Uzbek
JustÍNa-Slovak
'Ammar-Arabic
Raulra-OOL (Portuguese), rah-OOL (Italian)Portuguese, Italian